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  • Grandma says litter is 'ruining' playground

    A FED-UP family say their local playground in Flackwell Heath is being “ruined” by people dropping litter. Valerie Snapes, 58, has been clearing rubbish from the Oakwood play area with two of her grandchildren. She said: “There's nasty sharp cans

  • Fire station faces permanent closure

    COOKHAM Fire Station looks likely to be closed for good because of a shortage of retained firefighters continues. The station in Berries Road was temporarily closed in July last year (see link below), and a decision over its long-term future

  • Sir Steve travels to India with PM

    MARLOW resident Sir Steve Redgrave has travelled to India as part of a huge delegation led by prime minister David Cameron. The five-time Olympic champion has joined fellow athletes Lord Coe and Dame Kelly Holmes on the largest official visit

  • Iconic Marlow pub re-opens

    AFTER being shut for two years the iconic Chequers pub in Marlow officially reopened this week – bringing the town 'back to life'. New tenants T M Steaks said its first weekend had been “very busy”. Deputy Marlow Mayor Cllr Jocelyn Towns cut the

  • OAP beds and child protection to be hit by council cuts

    BEDS and home help for older people will be cut and work to protect at risk children will be slashed under council savings announced today. Buckinghamshire County Council today released details of an urgent £9.2m worth of cuts needed to balance

  • Furnisher speaks of sadness at shop closure

    A TRADER has spoken of his sadness after announcing his Beaconsfield furniture shop will close down after nearly 50 years. Peter Knight, an upmarket furnisher which has supplied items to the Queen, will close its doors for the last time in

  • Council refuses gritting role over claim fears

    A TOWN council has refused to take on gritting duties over fears about injury claims from the public. Buckinghamshire County Council has agreed to transfer some duties to Princes Risborough Town Council and pay them £15,000 a year. But

  • Former pub could be sold to property developers

    A PUB company has identified The Green Man in Flackwell Heath “for disposal” and the site has been put on the market. The Straight Bit pub closed earlier this year and could be sold off to property developers by Enterprise Inns. The

  • Human faeces in park prompts camping ban

    AN emergency meeting will be called to stop people camping in Princes Risborough parks where human excrement has been found. At last night's Princes Risborough Town Council meeting councillor Eunice Clifford expressed her concern about people

  • Wycombe and Marlow parks scoop Green Flags

    POPULAR south Buckinghamshire green spaces The Rye and Higginson Park have been awarded the Green Flag Award. The Rye in High Wycombe and Marlow's Higginson Park impressed the judges with their use of green space, facility maintenance, and

  • Man denies 1970s indecency charges

    Mr Taylor was aquitted of all charges by a unanimous jury in June 2011, and as such faced no further action in relation to this court case. A 66-YEAR-OLD man has denied a series of charges of indecency on a young girl in the 1970s. Robert Taylor

  • Council apologises over stadium documents

    WYCOMBE District Council has apologised to The Bucks Free Press for not releasing a key document about a controversial stadium plan. It did not provide a consultants’ report to the BFP when asked under The Freedom of Information Act – but did

  • Dad admits spirit level attack on son, 17

    A 57-YEAR-OLD who attacked his son with a spirit level has been warned he may be jailed. Douglas Forbes-Mitchell pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm against his 17-year-old son James when he appeared at Aylesbury Crown Court this

  • Mum slams drivers who park on pavement for school

    A MUM has blasted “selfish drivers” who park on the pavement to take their children to school after her son was nearly knocked over. Sam Hooper, from Walters Ash, said the pavement which is on the Main Road in the village next to the Templewood junction

  • Couple have torch shone in face in attempted robbery

    A COUPLE in their sixties had a torch shone in their face and were threatened by a man who demanded they hand over their money as they walked home from a friend's house. The couple were walking home along Cryers Hill Lane, close to the junction

  • Girl, 16, robbed as she waited for friend

    A 16-YEAR-OLD girl was robbed as she waited for a friend near a pub in Naphill. The girl had been dropped off by a taxi near the Black Lion pub in Woodlands Drive, Naphill, just after midnight on Saturday night when she was approached by a

  • Villagers call for drivers to slow down in West Wycombe

    MORE than 440 signatures were collected in five days calling for road safety measures in West Wycombe following a number of accidents in the village. The signatures were handed to Buckinghamshire County Council last week by Cllr Frank Downes

  • Blues set to complete the signing of McCoy

    WANDERERS are hoping to complete the signing of Wealdstone right back Marvin McMcoy today after the 21-year-old passed a medical at Adams Park yesterday. Blues appear to have beaten off the challenge off Southampton, Leeds and Charlton to snap up the

  • Members shake hands on deal to save Loudwater Legion

    BRITISH Legion members have thrashed out a deal to keep the Loudwater club alive. Peter Rolt, the new branch chairman, said members have agreed a deal over rent arrears and the Queensmead Road club “will not be closing”. The business

  • Planning applications for July 27

    THE following planning applications were submitted to south Buckinghamshire district councils on Tuesday. To view Wycombe applications click here, for Chiltern applications click here and for South Bucks applications click here. You must accept

  • Rail compensation scheme "irrational and unfair"

    CAMPAIGNERS say a compensation scheme for people who could be affected by a planned high speed rail route is “irrational and unfair”. Members of the HS2 Action Alliance – set up earlier this year when the planned High Speed 2 rail link between

  • Ban the burka, BFP readers say in poll

    THE burka should be banned, Bucks Free Press readers said in an online poll. Some 78 per cent of those who voted, 1,197 people, said the Islamic face veil should be banned in public. Some 347, 22 per cent, said it should not. They were